Delhi: Tragedy struck a group of 15 tourists from Kerala in Nepal when eight of them, including four minors, died after they fell unconscious probably due to a gas leak from a heater in their room at a mountainous resort, police said, amidst cold wave in the Himalayan region.
The Indian nationals were airlifted to HAMS hospital in Kathmandu where they were pronounced dead on arrival, superintendent of police Sushil Singh Rathaur said.
Makwanpur police said the victims mi
ght have fallen unconscious due to asphyxiation.
“All eight were airlifted and brought to hospital in Kathmandu. A doctor from the Indian mission was also immediately sent to the hospital concerned to check on welfare of patients and to provide necessary assistance,” a source at the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu.